Event Details

Children and youth today need positive, skilled adults who can connect with them and offer hope. This is especially true for those who find themselves stuck in patterns of ineffective behaviors.

Life Space Crisis Intervention is an empirically supported, compassionate, and productive approach to understanding and helping children and youth with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. It is a proven and refreshing approach to school and home discipline which provides practical alternatives to standardized punishment and traditional behavior management strategies. The strategies are designed to be individualized for the child or youth and supports students across all three tiers of the Response to Intervention (RtI) model.

This two-day introductory course reviews the impact of stress and trauma, the dynamics of the conflict, the importance of providing proactive support, and how to apply the intervention with children and youth who displace emotions. Part 1 is also available online as a video-based course. Individuals who have completed Part 1 are encouraged to enroll in Part 2.

This approach has origins in research from the National Institute of Mental Health, a presidential commission on Re-Education, and was further developed into a psycho-educational model by child psychologists Nick Long,Ph.D., and Frank Fescer, Ph.D., authors of Life Space Crisis Intervention: Talking with Kids in Conflict (ProEd, 2001) and founders of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute.

Course meets on the following days:

·Monday, February 4, 2013

·Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Course hours will be from 9a-3p with sign-in beginning at 8:30am on both days. Lunch will be on your own.

Please note: This course requires a minimum of 12 participants

ABOUT THE HOST

Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families serves as a National Training Site for the LSCI Institute and maintains certified Senior Trainers on staff.

GHAs: This course is approved by the California Department of Social Services for 10 hours of continuing education units for administrator recertification (Vendor GH 2000166-730-2; Course Number 166-1004-22683).

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Accessibility Requests

If you require assistance due to disability or other special needs, please let us know in advance so that reasonable accommodations may be made.

When & Where

975 Flynn Rd
Camarillo,
93012

Monday, February 4, 2013 at 9:00 AM (PST)

Organizer

Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families

Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families is one of the largest providers of mental health services for children and families on California’s central coast. We serve over 430 families daily, many of whom have faced abuse and neglect, severe emotional disturbances, mental health challenges, multiple out-of-home placements, and a variety of other challenges.